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~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

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CUSAS 03, 1012

1 sheep, regular offering, (for) Inanna of Zabala; 1 sheep, regular offering, (for) Šara of Umma; 1 kid, (for) the statue of the king; 1 sheep, (for) Malati; 3 sheep, (for) Nin-zišagal; from Ili-bilani — withdrawn (disbursed). Month: "Festival of Mekigal." Year: "The land of Zabšali was destroyed." (Seal legend:) Šu-Kabta, physician (a-zu), son of Naram-ili. Iškur-illat, scribe, son of Abia, is your servant.

Economy

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1015

2 ban2 fine flour, 1 ban2 second-quality gu-flour, for thick bread — at/for Zabala […], (for) Ama-tahšatal; Antalu (is) the responsible official (maškim). Expenditure account of Šu-Kabta, from Iškur-illat it was disbursed. Month: festival of Ninazu. Year: 'The great barge (magur-boat) was built.' (Seal legend:) Šu-Kabta, physician (a-zu), son of Naram-ili; Antalu, steward, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1034

[n] sila of esza-flour (fine flour), first installment: 1 jug of dida-beer, standard (du) quality, 2 sila of dabin-flour (coarse flour), 1 sila of esza-flour, 1/2 sila of dates; second installment: 3 sila of dabin-flour, 2 sila of esza-flour, 1 sila of dates; flour, heaped in piles, for various (uses). Offering for the boat: 2, 2(?), 1/2(?) [units]. [From] Iškur-illat [it was withdrawn/disbursed], via Puzur-Ninkar, [the scribe].

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1035

1 ban2 [...] 3 [...] for the wall; 6 sila3 dabin-flour, 1 sila3 esza-flour, (as) counterpart/duplicate, at the outer gate and at the gate of the brick(-clay) [structure], delivered; 2 ban2 dabin-flour, thin bread, dida-mash, 1 sila3 fine groats, for soup, for the gala-singers and the 'ama-gal' (senior women), they consumed (it). Day: Tagribtum, (at) the wall. Total: 5 ban2 [...] Total: [n ...]

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1042

[To] Iškur-illat, speak! 5 gur barley, 1 ban2 2 sila3 sesame oil, [n] mina(s) of wool — the nig2-dab5-obligation, the purchase price of Murani(?) — to Ahanišu let it be given!

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1043

Ila-aknuid — speak to him! 5 gur 1 barig 4 ban2 barley, barley rations of the workers, (for) Šu-Nin-isina — let it be given to him. [...] ... [...] ...

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1085

1 barig dabin (flour) — for the provisions (ša₃-gal) of the booty/captives (nam-ra-ak) — from Malik-bani, Adallal received. Month: "maš-da₃-gu₇" (gazelle-feast), Year: "the land of Zabšali was destroyed." Adallal, servant of Šu-Kabta.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1095

1 sheep, 1 lamb, slaughtered. Via Ea-šar, the scribe; from Ili-bilani it was disbursed (booked out). Month: 'ki-siki-Ninazu'; year: 'the land of Zabšali was destroyed.' (Seal:) Šu-Kabta, the physician, son of Naram-ili; Iškur-illat, the scribe, son of Abi'a, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1117

[n sila3] barley, [n sila3] dabin-flour, [n sila3] jar of du-dida (a beer/malt product), [n] sila3 u2-kur-plant, [n sila3] dates (from the date palm) [from Iškur-illat] it was withdrawn. [Via] Puzur-Ninkar, the scribe. [Month:] 'Festival of Šulgi'. Year: 'the land of Zabšali was destroyed.'

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1128

1 barig 1 ban bran (duḫ). [n] barig 2 ban fine flour (zì sig15). 3 barig 2 ban crushed/ground flour (zì gazₓ[KUM]). 1 ban second-quality gu-flour (zì-gu ús). [From] Malik-bani — Adallal received. Month: 'Festival of Šu-Suen.' Year: 'The land of Zabšali was destroyed.' Adallal, the cook, servant of Šu-Kabta.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1142

16 sheep — slaughtered (deceased/culled) — from Ili-bilani — was withdrawn (booked out). Month: "Festival of Mekigal" (Garšana calendar). Year: "The land of Zabšali was destroyed" (Šu-Sin year 7). [Seal:] Šu-Kabta, physician, son of Naram-ili; Iškur-illat, scribe, son of Abi'a, is his servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1147

4 barig emmer wheat — [...] delivery (booked in). Foreman: Lila'a. Malik-bani received it. Month: "Festival of [...]" Year: "The land of Zabšali was destroyed" (Šu-Suen year 3).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1160

1 lamb, from Ili-bilani, was withdrawn (booked out). Month: "u5-bi2-gu7," year: "The great magur-boat was built." (Seal:) Šu-Kabta, physician, son of Naram-ili; Iškur-illat, scribe, son of Abi'a, is your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1166

3 ban2 dabin-flour, 2 ban2 esza-flour, dates, esza-flour for hi-de3 (mash/porridge preparation) — Ur-Ninsuanna was the commissioner (maszkim). Month: "Festival of Ninazu," Year: "The great barge was caulked." [Seal:] Šu-Kabta, physician, son of Naram-ili; Ur-Suanna, cupbearer, is his servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1180

1. 30 (units of) UD@g-gi beer 2. 2 (units of) fine beer, beer-bread, 5 sila3 each 3. 4 (units of) beer-[bread?], 2 sila3 each 4. from Iškur-illat 5. [...]-ili 6. received 7. month: "U5-bi2-gu7" 8. year: "the temple of Šara of Umma was destroyed" 9. its interior(?) [...] 10. daughter(?) of the king(?) 11. [...]-ili2-[...] 12. your(?) servant [PN]

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1191

3 sheep, 1 milk-fed kid, 1 black pig — tak4-alan (uncertain: 'set aside/consigned, for the statue'?), 2 grass-fed sheep — (for) Ummi-Kabta, daughter of the household (dumu-munus e2-a), withdrawn (ba-zi) from Ili-bilani. Month: 'Festival of Ninazu.' Year: 'the land of Zabšali was destroyed.' Adalal, the cook, servant of Šu-Kabta.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1245

8 sheep, grain-fed; 1 sheep [...]; 16 [x ...]; from Iškur-illat; Simu, the fattener, received (them). Month: "Harvest" (ix); Year: "En-amgalana was installed (as high priestess)" [Amar-Suen year 4]. 25 (total); Simu, the fattener, servant/subordinate of Šu-Kabta.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1253

[...] barley for the bird(s) [...] (in) hand, to be transferred/exchanged [...] 6 grain-fed geese (ir7), 30 grain-fed doves (tu-gur4), Dada'a, the poultry-herder, house of [...] Šuna-zi, the poultry-herder, house of [...]

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1268

3 jars of ... (sign broken/unclear) [...] from Iškur-illat, Šu-Iškur, the man of Iddin-abum, received. Month: "Festival of Mah" (ezem-mah). Year: "The great stele was fashioned" (mu-du3). Seal of Nu-ub-ra.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1273

4 poplar-wood beams (e2-da), 30 bundles of reed — NE(?), 1 broad-tailed weir(?) (kun-gu2-dagal), doubled (tab-ba), length: 5 ninda, [...]-gu, in the orchard of Garšana, was set up/installed, from Iškur-illat, Akbazum received (it). Month: 'Festival of Mekigal' (ezem-me-ki-gal2). Year: 'The great stele for Enlil and Ninlil was erected' (mu-na-ru2-a-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3). Akbazum, son of Abba.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1275

1 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 [... of ...], 1 gur 4 barig n ban2 5 sila3 [... of ...], 15 [...]-ka, poplar-wood, 2 cubits each, 30 dusu-baskets [...], month: [...], year: "The great stele of Enlil and Ninlil was erected," copy.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1303

180 poplar-wood gešur-implements (harrows), 180 poplar-wood e2-da (door-boards/house-boards), 130 eme-sig ("thin-tongue") implements, heaped up (piled), from Suhuški-in, Iškur-illat received; via Ikūnum. Month: Šueša, Year: "the land of Zabšali was destroyed" (Šu-Sin year 7). [...] (text breaks off; remainder lost)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1317

7 (units), beer (and) bread, 5 sila3 each, for Šimaški(?); ...(broken personal name/phrase)...; year: “the magur-boat was built” (occasion); Šu-Kabta, physician, son of Naram-ili; Ur-Suʾana, cupbearer, is his servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1321

1(gesz2) 2(u) [=80] bundles of reed(-torches), for smoking fish black. Šu-Erra was the commissioner (maškim). Within Umma: booked expenditure (zi-ga) of Šu-Dada, from Iškur-illat it was withdrawn (ba-zi). Month: 'Festival of Ninazu.' Šu-Kabta, the physician(?); Šu-Erra, the scribe, your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1330

[n] beer (and) bread, at 2 sila3 each, for the beer of [...], Tahulam (was) the responsible official (maškim); it was withdrawn/expended. Month: "Festival of Šulgi." Year: "The great magur-boat was caulked." (Seal:) Tahulam, servant of Šu-Kabta.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1369

1 boat, (capacity) 60 gur — was destroyed (damaged/lost). Its bitumen was recorded as lost (missing); its towline/rigging does not exist (is not present). From (the account of) Iškur-illat it was withdrawn (written off). Conveyed by Ibni-Iškur, the scribe. Month: 'Festival of Meki-gal.' Year: 'The en-priestess of Inanna of Uruk was chosen by the goat (omen).' Ibni-Iškur, scribe, son of Libur-ili.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1378

1. 1(geš2) [=60] gazi-ropes, plied a second time (two-ply), doubled, length: 1 1/2 ninda each; 2. 1(geš2) 2(u) [=80] reed-cords/reed bundles, NE(?); 3. (for) the storehouse E-kibagara; 4. was assigned/placed to Dada; 5. via Puzur-Ninkarak, the scribe; 6. [from] Iškur-illat it was withdrawn.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1389

1 (unit) [PN]-na? [...] [...] [...] [...]-uš (broken) Month: u5-bi2-gu7. Year: 'The great barge of Enlil (and) Ninlil was built for them.' Šu-Kabta, physician, son of Naram-ili. Iškur-illat, scribe, son of Abi'a, is your/his servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1398

1 bur3 of field: doubled sheaves of straw, not (yet) threshed. Sealed by Šarrum-ili. Ili-andul is to deliver (it) — Ili-andul, son of Warad-ebum, the scribe.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1399

3 ban2 [of ... (broken)] 1 gur 2 barig 2 ban2 [of ... (broken)] 150 [... (broken)] 4 talents (gu2) [of ... (broken)] Šu-Erra, son of Ili-ani, servant of Šu-Kabta.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

CUSAS 03, 1510

6 sar of brick clay (im sig4), from Nisaba-andul(-ta), Pušk-in [received/borrowed it]. Per day, 6 [units] each, malt [......] malt [......] year: [......] before [......], before ...-[......], before Šu-[......], before Iškur-bani. They are its witnesses.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Fs Leichty 504

1: Tišatal, the governor; 80 workmen — they are men of Ninua. (In) the [temple of Nin]urta, they swore an oath. Via Bazaza, son of Bušama. Month: Gan-gan-e3, day 28 having passed. Year: Šimanum was destroyed.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Fs Milano 339-340 02

49 male workers, 6 shekels of lard each, its lard: 4 5/6 sila₃ 4 shekels — oil-ration for the porters (ug₃-il₂), received. Foreman: ...-šu-da Month: “Harvest” (sze-sag11-ku5) Year: “Huhnuri was destroyed.”

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Hattori diss. p. 280, N 1192

[Lu]-Enlila [...]-...-ga [...]-daga [...]-Suen [...]-... [...]-... [...]-... Lu-[Enlila?] Da?-[...] son of Ur-[...] merchant(s)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

HLC 005 (pl. 004)

1 gur (royal measure) of barley — wages of hired workers, (for) the various shrines, from the boat of Ur-Suen — is to be repaid; sealed by Lu-Baba — is to be repaid; it was not delivered. Year after: "Urbilum was destroyed" (year name). Lu-Baba, scribe, son of Ur-dam.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

HLC 040 (pl. 011)

24 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 barley, royal measure (gur-lugal), as fodder, taken in charge; and by the labor-troops, consumed at the harvest. Seal of Lu-Lagaš. (break) Year: "Urbilum was destroyed." [Ur?]-mes, scribe. ... Šulgi (break)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

HSS 68, 462

12 gazelles, delivered dead (as carcasses). Month: Akiti (the a2-ki-ti festival month). 2 gazelles, delivered dead; month: ezem-mah (the Great Festival month). Šu-Kubum received (them). Year following the year: "Simurrum was destroyed for the third time." Geme-Suen, wife of Šulgi, king of Ur. (Seal of) Šu-Kubum, the mounted courier (rāgaba), your servant.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

JAC 24, 060 06

30 usz-bar textiles, its weight: 1 talent 45 mana — mountain wool (siki-kur-ra). 11 usz-bar textiles, its weight: 36 1/2 mana 5 shekels — gi-wool (siki-gi). 1 mug-textile, kal-quality; 21 mug-textiles, muru13-quality; 1 mug-textile, small (tur); its weight: 1 talent 14 1/2 mana 5 shekels. Wages of the weaver(s) (a2 usz-bar). From Šeš-saga — Ur-ašar received (it). Month: 'Festival of Šulgi' (iti ezem-šulgi). Year: 'Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed' (mu Ḫuḫnuri ba-ḫul).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

JAC 24, 061 08

2 grain-fed sheep, for the house of EN, from the sheep-house of the palace, from Amar-šuba, Imtidam received (took in charge). Month: GANmaš, day 5 passed. Year following the year: Huhnuri (was destroyed).

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

JAC 29, 023-030 02

1 sila3 soup, 1 fish — Puzur-Iškur, the king's messenger, on the day he went from BAD₃.AN to the king; 1 sila3 soup, 1 fish — Šu-Suen, the king's messenger, on the day he went to seize the fugitive troops, the palace slaves — booked expenditure. Month: festival of Šulgi. Year: Huhnuri was destroyed. Day 27.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 198

2 gug-bread(loaves), 2 sila each; 12 bread(loaves), 1/2 sila each; its bread: 1 ban2; 3 sila of nig-idea (oil-poured food); 2 oil-bread(loaves) — for the eshesh-festival of the House-of-the-15th-Day; [from the king]; via Ur-Šulgi, the cupbearer; booked out (as expenditure). Month: Kirsiak. Year: 'the en-priest(ess) of Eridu was installed.'

Economy·Religion & Myth

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 203

[n] gur barley, royal (measure), [from?] Ur-gigir, Lugal-bara-e, via Silašu, received. Month: Dumuzi, Year: “Karhar was destroyed for the second time.”

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 226

1 gazelle, grain-fed, slaughtered/dead, 25th day; from Utamišaram, Šulgi-irimu received it. Month: 'festival of Meki-gal' (?); year: Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed.

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 228

5 sila3 [...] 5 ban2 [...] day 11. 1 ban2(?) 6 1/2 sila3 beer(?) 2 ban2 5 sila3 ordinary beer. day 12. from Šara-izu; under seal of the governor (ensi2). Month: Pa'ue. Year following (the year): '...-Suen, the king, [...]'

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 230

15 workmen, for 5 days, stationed at the e2-szitim (the builders'/brickmasons' house), stationed at the e2-masz (the goat-house), foreman: Ukkene, via Lu-girizal, under seal of Bidugga. Year: "Kimash was destroyed."

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 244

1. [...]-ta ("from/by ...", broken) 2. [...] x (illegible sign, broken) 3. [...] x x [...] (two illegible signs, broken) 4. n(?) 2(iku) field-area(GAN2), 1(u) 1(disz)-ta ("11 each") 5. therein (sza3-ba): 1(esze3) field-area(GAN2), field(a-sza3) [...], 1(u) 1(disz)-ta ("11 each"), i3-[...] (broken) 6. field(a-sza3): u2-du-[...] (broken)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

Kress 294

1 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 barley, royal measure, rations (šagal) for the craftsmen (gaszam), from Lu-kalla, Lu-Ningirsu received. Year: "the en-priest of Eridu (was installed)." [1 gur 1 barig 3 ban2] barley, royal measure, [rations for] the craftsmen, [from] Lu-kalla, seal of Lu-Ningirsu. Lu-Ningirsu, the scribe, son of x-[...].

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

LB 0229

8 goats, from Lu-dingira, sealed by Lu-lagasz. Year after: 'Kimaš was destroyed.' Lu-lagasz, scribe, son of Ur-Nanše, [the overseer?].

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

LB 0233

1 gur, 1 barig, 8 sila3 of [...] (commodity broken) sealed [by ...]; tablet; before [...] [...] from month: "Festival of Baba"; to month: "Mušdu"; year: "the house of Puzriš-Dagan was built."

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-SumerianOur engine

LB 0236

3 workmen, 1 barig barley each, from the king('s allotment). 2 workmen, old(?). 2 (units) of oil-a-TAR. Orchard/garden — ... ... (two signs illegible/broken). Under seal of E-hegal. Month: 'Festival of Šulgi.' Year: 'Kimaš (and) Hurti and their land were destroyed.'

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